Welcome to the Parish Archive of Newbold Verdon - a village in West Leicestershire.
Whether you are curious about the history of the house you live in, the street it is on, or the parish of Newbold Verdon in general, this site may well be able to answer some of your questions.
As a not-for-profit organisation, we rely on funding and voluntary donations to keep our history and heritage alive.
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Newbold People No.3: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
The third person in our Newbold People series, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, was born over 300 years-ago, and yet what she did in her life is still impacting upon the world today. A forthright, intelligent woman, she played a pivotal role in introducing smallpox inoculation to Britain.
Mary married Sir Edward Wortley Montagu in 1716. Through this union, she became connected to Newbold Verdon, which Edward inherited in 1748, on the death of his cousin, James Montagu.
Newbold People No.2: Major Ronald Henry Statham
Major Ronald Henry Statham M.B.E. was born in 1908 and he grew up in Newbold Verdon at number 39 Dragon Lane until he left to join the Army at the age of 21. His military career spanned 32 years during which time he rose through the ranks from Private to Major and survived 4 years as a prisoner of war working on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway. Ron was one of the long line of Newbold Verdon Stathams who can trace their village ancestry back to the early 1700s.
Blacksmiths and Farriers in Newbold Verdon
In the Archive there are the recollections of Mark Partridge of his father, Douglas Archie Partridge, who was a blacksmith in Newbold Verdon during the 1970s and 1980s.
We also have a newspaper article published in 1979 which gives a fascinating overview of Douglas, who started his training as a farrier in 1935.
What was it like growing up in the village in the 1960s?
Neil Brearley recalls things that still stick in his mind more than 50 years later while living next to the ‘reccy’ at 28 Dragon Lane.
He remembers the severe winter of 1962-63 when milk froze and frost covered windows.
What was bonfire night like in the 1960s?
What did Neil get up to before the 1972 cycling championships?
Was there really a ghost in the reccy after a Hammer Horror film shown at the ‘Stute?
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